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A. C. KLEMME.

AUTOMOBILE HOIST.

APPLICATION mm FEB. 27. 1915,

atentcdJmm 10, 1919.

2 SHEETS-SHEET i.

A. C. KLEMME.

AUTOMOBILE HOIST. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 27. law.

Patented June 10,

Lam-31 2 3HEETS-3HEET 2.

INVENTOR A] 61126072776 WITNESSES ":iline 4% of Fig. 1, 401

All C. KLEMME, F EAVEJNPQRE, TEQ'WBJ Q s iecificetioe of Letters Patent. Pmignfi erji .19 14% ligiplicotioii :filcfl February 537, Milt. terieil lo. 219,451.

Ti) all whom it may OONGGTIL.

Be lEKlQ-Wll that it. he C. Klimt/iME a oi ten of the Unitetl States residing at @ovenport, in the county oi Scott excel State 0:; lows, have invented certain new and use ful improvements in Automobile-Hoists oi which the following; is a specification.

' This invention relates to automobile hoists and. more particularly to a hoist which is selected to tilt an automobile at an inclination so as to permit ready access to the underneath thereof.

(inc oi the main objects of the invention is to provide s hoist of simple construction siioi operation by means of which the front portion oi? an automobile may be lifteti verticelly to the desired height so as to expose the engine. transmission mechanism and associated ports. A further object is to provicle o. hoist of comparatively light, but

strong durable construction having standards, encl a carriage vertically sliclablo thereon means being provicie and cooperatwith carriage so as to raise the front por tion of on automobile the front axle of which is secured on the carriage. A further object is to provide a hoist of very simple construction which is composed oi": a minimum of "F rte aiuliiiay be produced at small cost. l urther objects will appear from the (letjt'li-tl description.

the ore-Wing Figure l is e sicle view oi. a hoist construct/cot in. accordance with my invention,

Fig. .23 is a section taken substantially on Q it of Fig. l,

8 is a. top plan view.

at is a section taken substantially on 5 is a fragmentary detail of the mechanism for raising the carriage,

i3 is c. section taken substantially on line we of Fig. l.

This base of the frame is composed of the parallel Z biitlllfi 1 which are maintained in proper parallel. spaced relation by the cross brace bars 2 having their ends rigidly secure-t3. to the Weoportions of the beams. Stomlarcls 3 of iI-beaiii construction are socurecl to beams 1 adjacent one eml thereof,

' these standards being braced in vertical position by the brace reels 4 securecl thereto to the base beams. Each of the beams 1 is provided. atv each. end, with e. sleeve 5 secured thereto which serves to support a o hose being thus mounted so as to proviirle a carriage which is adapte to receive the axle of a. vehicle as to elev tc the same when the carriage is raisecl. vertical arm 8 of this member is disposed in parallelisinwith, and closely adjacent, the inner face of standard A U-bfilckfill 9 is secured to the upper end of arm t3, the arms of this bracket projecting across the lateral faces of the etandercl so as to extend in front of the channels formed ther' '11. Each arm 9 ct this bracket is provideri with an anti-friction roller 10 which correspoiicls in diameter to the Width of the channel iii the lateral face of the stemlei cl. these rollers serving to guide the carriage member during; llZS vertical movement and to "prevent all looseness 01" play or the upper end thereof, relative to the standard. Bracket arms 11 are secureol to member '3' approximately at the point of junction between the vertical arm 8 and the horizontal arm 12. These arms extend forwardly of the carriage across the inner flange of standartl 3, triad hove their end portions turned invvzwdly at right angles to provideguide flanges 13 which iit about the edge portions of inner flange 3". An anti-friction roller 14 is rotatably supported by these arms 11, this roller being of such diameter as to engage the outer face of flange 3?, the roller and the members 13 thus cooperating to elifectually prevent all movement of the lower portion of member i toward or away from the standard, oncl' eliminate all loosencss or play. An plate 15 is pivotally secure i to the upper fian'ge 12 of arm 12 and receives thc cmi link of a chain 16, the other end link of which is secured to the shank of a hook Ti? which is directed inwardly and is adapted to engage about the axle of an automobile to be lifted, as indicated. "By placing the,

hoist members beneath the front axle there of, and then raising the carriagemembers so as to engage the nuclei" face of the axle and placing hooks 17 about the axle in the manner indicated, the front of the eutomobile will be lifted when the carriage is elevated so as to raise the automobile into an inclined position so as to permit ready access to the untierncsth thereof.

A fork 18 is secu to o er em oi each standard and rotatably supports a grooved pulley A cable passed over this pulley and is secured at one end to the upper end of vertical arm 8 of the carriage member 7. The other end of this cable is secured to a. winding drum 21 secured on a shaft, 22 rotatably supported on the standard by suitable hearingblocks A supporting bracket ii is secured on one 01 the. standards and rotatably supports a worm 25 which is rotated by means oi a crank 26 and meshes with a worm wheel 27 secured on the end of the shaft. By turning worm 25, rotation may be imparted to shaft 22 so as to wind the cables 20 onto the drums 21, thus lifting the. (Itil'l'lHQ and elevating the front axle of the vehicle secured on the carriage members so as to lift the front of the vehicle for the purpose above set forth. When the vehicle has been raised, the desired distance. crank '26 may be secured against rotation by means of a hook 28 engaged about the same and secured to brace rod i by a short chain 2!). it it is desired to relieve the cables and the winding mechanism of the strain incident to supporting the vehicle, this may be accomplished by insert ing a stop pin Z30 which is attached to bracket 9 by a chain 31 through any one oi the openings through the web portion of standard 3, beneath the roller 10 so as to positively prevent downward movement thereof. To eliminate spreading apart of the upper end of the standards, a suitable brace bar 33 is secured to the standards at each end, adjacent the upper end thereof, inclined braces 53% being secured to this brace and the standard.

This form of hoist is especially adapted for use with comparatively light automobiles where the vehicle may be raised directly by verti -a1 moven'ient of the "supporting carriage without the, necessity of employing great leverage. in this hoist. the carriage is raised directly vertically. thus permitting the vehicle to bc-ira'iserl quickly and in this manner effecting au' appretdablc saving of time in raising of the vehicle, By having all the frame. work and the, members of the carriage ol I--be am construction I produce a comparatively light but very rigid and strong structure which is well adapted to withstand the strain to which it. is subjected. The carriage members are free to move vertically of the standards, being secured against all. play relative thereto. and the rollers 10 and tiacting to mainta in the carriage memhers in raroper position and insure ease of operation thereof. roller 1t being positioned outside of the base flange 3 of the standards acting as a fulcrum member and insuring that rollers 10 are held tightly against the inner face of this flange so as to insure accurate operation of the carriage member.

It will be evident that there may be slight changes made in the construction and ara'angement ot' the details of my invention without departing from the field and scope otithe same, and I intend to include all such variations. as tall within the scope of the appended claim, in this application in. which a preferred form only of my invention is disclosed.

What I claim is:

In hoists, a base frame, vertical standards secured thereto, eachhaving an inner Vertical flange, a substantially L-shaped carriage member vertically slidable on each standard,

each carriage, member comprising a vertical arm disposed parallelwith and closely adja cent the said flange. on the corresponding standard, and an anti-friction roller carried by the vertical arm of each carriage member and engaging the inner face of the flange of the corresponding standard so as to prevent movement of the upper end of the Vertieal arm of each carriage member away from its standard, a bracket arm carried by each carriage member adjacent the forward end of the horizontal arm of the carriage member and shaped to extend about the edges of the flange of the corresponding standard to prevent. movement of the said horizontal arm in each carriage away from its standard: and an anti-friction roller carried by the bracket 'arm on each carriage member and. in engagement with the outer face of the adjacent flange on the corresponding standard so as to prevent movement of each horizontal arm toward lts standard, the roller at the upper end ot ea h vertical arm of the car- 11:1;10- member. and the. bracket arm and roller atr'the forward end of each of the horizontal arms on the carriage members cooperating to maintain the carriage members in proper relation to the standards while permitting vertical movement thereof.

In testimony whereof I affix my signatnr in presence of two witnesses. 

